Quick Tips

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  • Using a unique hand signal for going to the bathroom so that students won’t disrupt instruction by asking permission to go.
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  • Students must be taught how to think, not what to think.
  • Start as you mean to go! You can always loosen the reins, but it is much harder to tighten them back up.
  • Don’t underestimate acknowledging positive behaviors.
  • If the students aren’t responding, do something different.
  • Curiosity is the root of all learning.
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  • Smile because of what you do, not how your day is going.
  • Have catch-phrases. (Or maybe don’t.)
  • Know your biases.
  • Learn your students’ names, and call them what they want to be called.
  • Learn how to complement without sounding patronizing.
  • Model making mistakes. Model not knowing.
  • Be resourceful.
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